What's Toxic, What's Not: Everything You Need to Know About: Mold, Lead, Radon, Asbestos, Food Additives, Power Lines, Cancer Clusters, and More.

Ginsberg, Gary; Toal, Brian

ISBN 10: 0425211940 / ISBN 13: 9780425211946

Published by Penguin Publishing Group, 2006

About this Item

The book is in good condition with all pages and cover intact, including the dust jacket if originally issued. The spine may show light wear. Pages may contain some notes or highlighting, and there might be a "From the library of" label. Boxed set packaging, shrink wrap, or included media like CDs may be missing.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: What's Toxic, What's Not: Everything You Need to Know About: Mold, Lead, Radon, Asbestos, Food Additives, Power Lines, Cancer Clusters, and More.
• Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0425211940
• ISBN 13: 9780425211946
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: good

About this title

Synopsis

Arsenic. Mercury. Pesticides. Dioxin. Toxic gases. Your typical hazardous waste dump, right? Wrong. These materials can be found in the home. Every day, people work, live, and play amid potentially harmful toxins-things they might not even know are there. They are exposed to these toxic substances in their homes, neighborhoods, schools, workplaces, foods, and consumer products.

Now, two toxics experts with decades of experience in public health have created a book that separates the risks from the myths of everyday toxins. Comprehensive and easy-to-use, this guide provides scenarios and real-life examples-including important warning signs-that show how to identify problems and what to do about them. With Q&A segments, charts to help assess risk, and a special homebuyer's guide, What's Toxic, What's Not is a book no home should be without.

About the Author

Dr. Gary Ginsberg is the senior toxicologist at the Connecticut Department of Public Health, and holds faculty appointments at the medical schools at Yale University and the University of Connecticut. He is a member of a National Academy of Science panel on biomonitoring. 

Brian Toal supervises the Environmental and Occupational Health Assessment Program in the Connecticut Department of Public Health, where he works closely with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control in preventing community exposures to toxics.